Poria Astero

Research Fellow
Research Fellow
T410 Dept. Electrical Engineering and Automation

Poria Astero is a highly accomplished researcher, actively involved in academic and industrial research and innovation to drive the transition towards green energy. He currently holds the position of Research Fellow at Aalto University's power system lab, where he serves as the PI of the CloudInertia project focused on the control and stability of power systems dominated by grid-forming inverters. In addition, Poria is a Principal R&D Power System Engineer at Reactive-Technologies Ltd, where he leads technical developments of an innovative digital stability platform to monitor and forecast instability in transmission and distribution grids.

With a PhD in Electrical Engineering awarded in 2012, Poria has accumulated extensive experience working across various industrial and academic sectors, contributing to the research, business, and market development of energy systems. He has led several research and innovation projects as the PI, work package leader, or task leader. Notably, Poria served as the Northern Demonstrators Work Package Leader in OneNet and iFLEX, two significant EU projects that aimed to develop an end-to-end, multi-purpose, cross-border, TSO/DSO coordinated, market-driven, and holistic solution for flexibility and new services provisions.

In addition to his research and industrial activities, Poria is also actively involved in the technical community. He serves as a technical reviewer for esteemed journals such as IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid and holds positions as an associate or guest editor for journals like IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution. Poria's expertise in the field has also led to his appointment as an expert member of the ETIPS NET Smart Grid working group.

Poria's research activities are centred on smart grids, power system stability and control, integration of renewable energy sources, power system planning, and the energy market. Furthermore, he is a certified "Senior Project Manager, IPMA Level B," possessing extensive expertise in leading demanding and complex projects.

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COSI: Co-simulation platform for safety and reliability of electric systems in Flexible environment of NPP

Granted funding (public project funding) Power Systems and High Voltage Engineering Nov 2019

Cloud-based Intelligent and Robust Power Grid Control Algorithms

This project is about the control and stability of power systems with a high share of inverter-based sources (grid forming and grid following inverters).
Granted funding (public project funding) Power Systems and High Voltage Engineering Sep 2021

Forskningsgrupp

  • Power Systems and High Voltage Engineering, Research Fellow

Publikationer

Guest editorial: RES hosting capacity in distribution networks

Poria Astero, Feifei Bai, Vahid Disfani, Pedro P Vergara 2023 IET GENERATION TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION

Special issue: Renewable Energy Sources (RES) Hosting Capacity in Distribution Networks

Poria Astero, Feifei Bai, Vahid Disfani, Pedro P Vergara 2023 IET GENERATION TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION

A Droop-Based Frequency Controller for Parallel Operation of VSCs and SG in Isolated Microgrids

Wessam Arafa Hafez, Karar Mahmoud, Abdelfatah Ali, Mostafa F. Shaaban, Poria Astero, Matti Lehtonen 2023 2022 23rd International Middle East Power Systems Conference, MEPCON 2022

The Influence of State-of-Charge Estimation Errors on Electric Vehicle Aggregator Benefits in Frequency Containment Reserves

Chaowanan Jamroen, Dulpichet Rerkpreedapong, Sanchai Dechanupaprittha, Poria Astero 2023 EUROCON 2023 - 20th International Conference on Smart Technologies, Proceedings

Value creation and sharing methods in household energy communities

Marius Baranauskas, Antti Keski-Koukkari, Poria Hasanpor Divshali, Amir Safdarian, Anna Kulmala 2022 PESGRE 2022 - IEEE International Conference on "Power Electronics, Smart Grid, and Renewable Energy"

Special Issue "Grid-Forming Converters Towards Sustainable Energy Systems"

Matti Lehtonen, Karar Mahmoud, Poria Astero, Pasi Peltoniemi 2022 Energies

Promising Grid-Forming VSC Control Schemes Toward Sustainable Power Systems

Karar Mahmoud, Poria Astero, Pasi Peltoniemi, Matti Lehtonen 2022 IEEE Access

Modified Worst-Case Excess Minimization for Value Sharing in Energy Communities

Amir Safdarian, Poria Hasanpor Divshali, Marius Baranauskas, Antti Keski-Koukkari, Anna Kulmala 2022 PESGRE 2022 - IEEE International Conference on "Power Electronics, Smart Grid, and Renewable Energy"

Electrical and thermomechanical co-simulation platform for npp

Poria Astero, Pasi Laakso, Seppo Hänninen, Robert John Millar, Matti Lehtonen 2021 Energies

Optimum day-ahead bidding profiles of electrical vehicle charging stations in FCR markets

Poria Astero, Corentin Evens 2021 Electric Power Systems Research

Battery Storage Demonstration Projects An Overview Across Europe

Poria Hasanpor Divshali, Kari Maki, Corentin Evens, Christina Papadimitriou, Venizelos Efthymiou, Astrid Niebe, Stefanie Holly, Mattia Marinelli, Tatiana Gabderakhmanova, Joaquim Melendez, Sergio Herraiz, Raul Rodriguez-Sanchez, Andrei Morch, Laura Gimenez De Urtasun, Gregorio Fernandez 2021 Proceedings of 2021 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe

Co-simulation model for safety and reliability of electric systems in a flexible environment of NPP (COSI)

Robert Millar, Poria Astero, Sergio Motta, Pasi Laakso, Timo Korvola, Matti Lehtonen 2021 SAFIR2022 - The Finnish Research Programme on Nuclear Power Plant Safety 2019-2022

SAFIR-COSI WP2 report: D2.2: Baseline simulation results

Robert Millar, Poria Astero, Pasi Laakso 2021

Coalitional Game Theory Based Value Sharing in Energy Communities

Amir Safdarian, Poria Astero, Marius Baranauskas, Antti Keski-Koukkari, Anna Kulmala 2021 IEEE Access

Forming a Local Market using a Virtual Energy Community

Poria Astero, Anna Kulmala, Pertti Järventausta 2020 Proceedings of 17th International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM 2020

Optimum Operation of Battery Storage System in Frequency Containment Reserves Markets

Poria Astero, Corentin Evens 2020 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid

Description of the co-simulation platform for NPP

Poria Divshali, Seppo Hänninen, Pasi Laakso, Timo Korvola, R.J. Millar 2020

Description of baseline simulation

Matti Lehtonen, Miro Rosenström, Seppo Hänninen, Poria Astero 2020

Electric Vehicles Demonstration Projects-An Overview across Europe

Mattia Marinelli, Lisa Calearo, Sabrina Ried, Xaver Pfab, Julio Cesar Diaz Cabrera, Christian Spalthoff, Martin Braun, Hanne Sale, Bendik Nybakk Torsater, Poria Astero, Seppo Hänninen, Massimo Ceraolo, Stefano Barsali, Mats Larsson, Annika Magdowski, Laura Gimenez, Gregorio Fernandez 2020 Proceedings of 55th International Universities Power Engineering Conference, UPEC 2020

Behaviour analysis of electrical vehicle flexibility based on large-scale charging data

Poria Astero, Corentin Evens 2019 Proceedings of IEEE Milan PowerTech, PowerTech 2019

Improving Hosting Capacity of Rooftop PVs by Quadratic Control of an LV-Central BSS

Poria Astero, Lennart Söder 2019 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid

Improving PV Dynamic Hosting Capacity Using Adaptive Controller for STATCOMs

Poria Astero, Lennart Söder 2019 IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Smart Grid Co-Simulation by Developing an FMI-Compliant Interface for PSCAD

Poria Astero, Matti Laukkanen, Anna Kulmala, Kari Mäki, Arjan Van der Meer, Rishabh Bhandia, Edmund Widl, Cornelius Steinbrink 2019 CIRED 2019 Conference

Modelling and Control of DC Microgrids in Residential Buildings

Sergio Motta, Antti Alahäivälä, Poria Astero, Riku Pasonen, Anna Kulmala, Kari Mäki, Young Pyo Cho, Hong Joo Kim 2019 CIRED 2019 Conference

The potential of distribution grid as an alternative source for reactive power control in transmission grid

Victor Astapov, Poria Astero, Lennart Söder 2018 Proceedings of 19th International Scientific Conference on Electric Power Engineering, EPE 2018

Improvement of RES hosting capacity using a central energy storage system

P. Astero, L. Söder 2018 Proceedings of IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe, ISGT-Europe 2017

Improving PV hosting capacity of distribution grids considering dynamic voltage characteristic

Poria Astero, Lennart Söder 2018 Proceedings of 20th Power Systems Computation Conference, PSCC 2018

Small-signal stability improvement of an islanded microgrid with electronically-interfaced distributed energy resources in the presence of parametric uncertainties

Abolfazl Khodadadi, Poria Astero, Mohammad Hassan Nazari, Seyed Hossein Hosseinian 2018 Electric Power Systems Research

Transactive demand side management programs in smart grids with high penetration of EVs

Poria Astero, Bong Jun Choi, Hao Liang, Lennart Söder 2017 Energies

Multi-agent transactive energy management system considering high levels of renewable energy source and electric vehicles

Poria Hasanpor Divshali, Bong Jun Choi, Hao Liang 2017 IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution

Efficient indirect real-time EV charging method based on imperfect competition market

Poria Astero, Bong Jun Choi 2016 2016 IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications, SmartGridComm 2016

Stability preservation and power management in autonomous microgrids using adaptive nonlinear droop scheme

Poria Astero 2015 Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

A novel multi-stage fuel cost minimization in a VSC-based microgrid considering stability, frequency, and voltage constraints

Poria Astero, Seyed Hossein Hosseinian, Mehrdad Abedi 2013 IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Decentralized cooperative control strategy of microsources for stabilizing autonomous VSC-based microgrids

Poria Astero, Arash Alimardani, Seyed Hossein Hosseinian, Mehrdad Abedi 2012 IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Small-signal stability and load-sharing improvement of autonomous microgrids using auxiliary loop

Poria Astero, S. H. Hosseinian, M. Abedi, A. Alimardani 2012 Electric Power Components and Systems

Application of bifurcation theory in dynamic security constrained optimal dispatch in deregulated power system

Poria Astero, S. H. Hosseinian, E. Nasr Azadani, M. Abedi 2011 Electrical Engineering

Decentralized VSC-based microgrid's general power flow

Poria Astero, S. H. Hosseinian, M. Abedi 2011 International Review of Electrical Engineering: IREE

Stability constrained optimal power flow in deregulated power systems

E. Nasr Azadani, S. H. Hosseinian, Poria Astero, B. Vahidi 2011 Electric Power Components and Systems

Novel Approach for Determination of Worst Loading Direction and Fast Prediction of Stability Margin in Power Systems

Behrooz Vahidi, Ehsan Nasr Azadani, Poria Astero, Amir Hessam Hessaminia, Sayed Hosein Hosseinian 2010 SIMULATION

Reliable prediction of Hopf bifurcation in power systems

Poria Astero, S. H. Hosseinian, E. Nasr, B. Vahidi 2009 Electrical Engineering

Economic dispatch in multi-area using particle swarm optimization in electricity market

E. Nasr Azadani, S. H. Hosseinian, B. Moradzadeh, Poria Astero 2008 Proceedings of 12th International Middle East Power System Conference, MEPCON 2008

Optimal placement of multiple STATCOM

E. Nasr Azadani, S. H. Hosseinian, M. Janati, Poria Astero 2008 Proceedings of 12th International Middle East Power System Conference, MEPCON 2008

Optimal placement of multiple STATCOM for voltage stability margin enhancement using particle swarm optimization

E. Nasr Azadani, S. H. Hosseinian, Poria Astero 2008 Electrical Engineering